Chapter 11
Motivated Behaviors
Question for You:
If you were given the opportunity to present a
Gift to the next generation, what would you give?
What quotes or mottos do you live by?
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Chapter 8
Cognition and Language
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitionreferstothinking,acquiringandmanagingknowledge
Language is intimately related to the activities of cognition. It is a
system of arbitrary symbols that can be combined to create an infinite
num

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Chapter 1 Study Questions.
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the question:
A. Which is more important in controlling behavior,
the mind or the brain?
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learning, communication and
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Theory of mind: you are able to understand perspective
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Deception
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that deception is not harmful to subjects.
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Sensation and
Perception
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Sensation process by which sense organs
gather information about the environment and
transmit it to the brain
n
Perception process by which the brain selects,
organizes, and interprets se

Infancy and Child
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Physical development
Maturation innately determined sequence of
growth and change
Motor development interaction between
genetics and environment
Cognitive development
Jean Piaget theory of cognitive stages
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